Tap into professional development, recognition and learning opportunities that will elevate your career, expand your knowledge and give you the critical edge you need to succeed. Built on a peer-created Global Standard and a Career Road Map for communication professionals, IABC’s professional development programs offer a variety of outstanding opportunities for life-long career growth.
IABC Nashville meets twice a month to network with other communications professional for professional development luncheons and networking mixers. Topics at our luncheons include: Measuring Communications Success, Internal Communications, Media Relations and Public Relations, Crisis Communications, Corporate Responsibility, Marketing Communications, Digital Communications, and Skills Development.
So, you're a game-changer who thinks outside the box? You've done the work and put in the time, now it's time to take center stage at our annual Music City Gold Pen Awards. Take this opportunity to showcase your hard work and creativity for a chance to be recognized as one of Nashville’s best communicators.
Certification is intended to support you throughout your career. The Global Communication Certification Council (GCCC®) has identified roles, responsibilities and competencies for four broad career levels: Foundational, Generalist/Specialist, Strategic Adviser, and Business Leader. At this time, the GCCC offers certification for the Communication Management Professional and Strategic Communication Management Professional levels.
Strong communication is much more than just speaking or writing. Effective communicators can read their audience and make sure their message gets across, whether it be at a corporate presentation or small meeting. Our extensive library of resources and tools can help you develop, practice and perfect the art of communication.
We also support several IABC university chapters in the area including Belmont University and Western Kentucky University. We also support other university programs throughout the region and have members supporting initiatives at the University of Tennessee, Middle Tennessee State University, and Austin Peay State University.
Join the best local networking chapter for communicators, and connect with communicators globally.
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Join IABC Nashville on Thursday, October 13 at 6 p.m. CT at GEODIS WeHo Club–home of the Nashville Soccer Club–for our 2022 Music City Gold Pen Awards! Celebrate the unsung heroes who write, edit, create, and bring to life the many programs, special events, and powerful stories that punctuate life across Middle Tennessee!
With awards categories ranging from complex communications campaigns to single news articles (and much more!), we’ll celebrate Middle Tennessee’s leading communications professionals and their award-winning projects that are shaping our world today.
Even if you decided not to submit an entry this year, the 2022 Music City Gold Pen Awards ceremony is an engaging evening event you won’t want to miss.
Join us for a memorable evening of:
We are also thrilled to have the talented and acclaimed Tony Husband, Lead Commentator of the Nashville Soccer Club, as our official EMCEE for this event! 🎉
Help us celebrate the best in business communications! You won’t want to miss this event!
Tony Husband, Lead Commentator of the Nashville Soccer Club
With over two decades of broadcasting and commentating experience around the globe, Tony Husband is known and revered as Nashville Soccer Club’s Lead Commentator where he hosts pre, and post-game shows on-site and in studio alongside full commentary on Fox’s affiliate stations across Tennessee and whole of the US on ESPN Plus.
Husband joined Nashville after a 20-year career with the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), covering soccer’s biggest competitions and leagues as some of the most iconic BBC Sports programs and major events including the Olympics, the FA Cup Final, Champions League football, World Athletics Series and Wimbledon.
He joined the ranks of the iconic TV sport’s show BBC Match of the Day in 2013 and is also part of the Final Score crew watched by millions of UK television viewers every Saturday afternoon on BBC1. He presented every night across the south of England on the BBC1 show “South Today”.
Tony has a deep connection with American sports and has hosted coverage of both the NFL and MLB for BBC network radio.